It's worth having a place to discuss the demographics of China in comparison to various countries.
China saw 10.035 million births last year, the ministry said on Monday, compared with 11.79 million in 2019. Of those born last year, 52.7% were boys and 47.3% girls.
Comment: This is births reported to the police only, not total births. In 2019, there were 14.65 million total births, down from 17.86 million in 2016. An extrapolation of the above numbers would yield approximately 12.48 million births this year. If this is true then births would have dropped by 31% since 2016 alone.
Number of newborns in China drops 15% in 2020 as coronavirus weighs
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The number of newborns in China plummeted 15% in 2020 from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Public Security, with the onset of the novel coronavirus disrupting the economy and weighing on decisions to have a family.China saw 10.035 million births last year, the ministry said on Monday, compared with 11.79 million in 2019. Of those born last year, 52.7% were boys and 47.3% girls.
Comment: This is births reported to the police only, not total births. In 2019, there were 14.65 million total births, down from 17.86 million in 2016. An extrapolation of the above numbers would yield approximately 12.48 million births this year. If this is true then births would have dropped by 31% since 2016 alone.